The Firefly Petunia from Light Bio brings a magical glow to your nighttime landscape, thanks to cutting-edge biotechnology. To learn more about this remarkable plant, we spoke with Justin Hancock, ...

The Firefly petunia’s flower buds seem to give off the most light, as seen with the specimen shown in both daylight and in the dark. Bioluminescence is the emission of light by living things.

Light Bio's firefly petunias are glowing in gardens across Iowa, but time is running out to get some from local garden ...

However, this does not naturally occur in plants. Initially, researchers considered fireflies the most likely route for producing bioluminescence in plants. That research was commercially ...

The result was the Firefly petunia, the first bioluminescent flower to go to market. Firefly needs six to eight hours of sunlight to stay healthy but need total darkness to glow. “When my ...

A team of bioengineers at Light Bio, a company that creates and sells bioluminescent plants, created these flowers, known as firefly petunias. They are available for viewing and purchase from 4 to ...

By integrating genes from bioluminescent organisms into plants, researchers have created trees that emit a soft glow. These trees could reduce energy consumption and light pollution while ...